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Chemical equilibrium is not characterized by equilibrium constants alone. At least one conservation principle is necessary. Textbook descriptions of plutonium chemistry that are based on two-reaction-product disproportionation equations, or do not recognize the conservation principles, are incomplete and potentially misleading.

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Silver, G.L. Plutonium and textbooks. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 278, 215–217 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-7285-5

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